Rigler Investments Co. acquires Peoples Trust and Savings Ban

Friday

Aug 25, 2017 at 12:01 AM

Submitted to DCN

NEW HAMPTON, IOWA — John Rigler II, Chairman of Rigler Investment Co. and President/CEO of State Bank, announced a definitive agreement has been signed to acquire all the outstanding shares in Green Circle Investments, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary,

Peoples Trust & Savings Bank, Clive, Iowa. The acquisition represents $325 million in assets while Rigler Investment Co.’s State Bank represents $375 million in assets. On a combined basis, this organization will have over $700 million in assets making it one of the 25 largest community banking companies in Iowa.

State Bank has eight banking locations in Northeast Iowa, including Calmar, Charles City, Dike, Janesville, New Hampton, Ossian and two locations in Waverly. Peoples Trust & Savings Bank serves nine Central and West Central Iowa communities, including Adel, Clive, Grand Junction, Guthrie Center, Jefferson, Ogden, Rippey, Scranton and Waukee. This acquisition will give the organization locations in two of the most desirable parts of Iowa. The charters will remain separate and operate independently.

“At State Bank, we take pride in being community minded and customer focused. Peoples Bank is very similar to State Bank in terms of shared customer values, size, focus on agricultural and commercial finance,” said Rigler. “The Peoples board and shareholders, including Chairman Robert Latham, have done an exceptional job in growing Peoples Bank from a $23 million bank in 1991, operating only in Grand Junction and Rippey, to the significant bank that it has become today,” Rigler noted.

Latham added, “We have had a very good run at Peoples and are pleased to place the bank in these strong Rigler hands.”

This acquisition is subject to regulatory approval which is expected to happen in fall 2017. The sale is an all cash transaction with an undisclosed purchase price.